Hydrant



J. BRYANT.

. HYDRANT. No. 23,444,

PATENTED APR. 5, 1859.

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UNITED STATEB PATENT OFFICE.

JOEL BRYANT, OF BROOKLYN, NFHV YORK.

HYDRANT.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,444, dated April 5 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,-JonL BRYANT, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Im proved Mode of Constructing Hydrants; and I hereby declare the following to be a full and correct description thereof, to wit:

The nature of my invention consists in constructing hydrants with a shaft, tube, or rod, extending down from the top of the said hydrantsthrough the barrel, and main valve, and to a considerable distance below the said valve, so as that water may be obtained through the medium of the said shaft, tube, or rod, without operating the main valve, in the ordinary way of opening hydrants; and, in connection with the said shaft, tube, or rod, I provide my said hydrants with a perforated open top and banded chamber, which in connectlon with bottom plate, and the inside of the barrel serves as the main valve, and for closing and setting free the opening for the waste water, the said hydrants being thus made self-emptying.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed more fully to explain the construction and operation of my improved hydrantsreference being made to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1, being a perspective view of the said improved hydrants. Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the said hydrant, showing the relation which the several parts bear to each other in the construction of the said hydrants. Figs. 3 and 4, show the construction of the said shaft, tube, or rod A, and the perforated open top, and handed chamber B, which in connection with the bottom plate L, and the inside of the barrel O, forms the main valve, and opens and closes the opening U, in the lower part of the said barrel O, which connects with the waste pipe w. The shaft, A, may be made hollow, or solid, and left naked, or may be incased. hen the said shaft A, is made hollow, and

' left naked, as herein described, it super sedes the necessity for using any other shaft for operating the said hydrants. The said shaft A, being made and set in the barrel O, and screwed down into its seat in the bottom part Z, of the said chamber B, operates the said chamber or valve B, like as in other hydrants. The said hollow shaft A, being provided with a cap 0, and stops T, and V, is set in the barrel O, and fastens by screw threads into its seat in the lower part Z, of the said chamber or valve B, so as to be screwed in, or out, from its seat at pleasure or as occasion may requirethe said shaft- A, being made to extend to a considerable distance below the bottom of the main valve (B), so as that its lower extremity will at all times be beyond the reach of frost. The chamber or valve B, with its body X, perforations 6, band Gr, projections P, P, and bottom part Z, being made substantially as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the band G, being designed to close and set free the said opening U, which connects with the waste pipe 10, and the said projections P, P, which fit into corresponding grooves in the bottom plate L, prevent the said valve B, from turning when the said shaft A, is screwed in, or out, from its seat in the lower part Z of the said valve B.

lVhen the said hydrants (Figs. 1, and 2,) are to be operated in the ordinary waypressure being applied to the top of the shaft Athe said shaft A is borne down until the band G, rests upon the upper part of the bottom plate L, closing the opening U, which connects with the waste pipe w, while the openings 6, in the valve B, being thus carried below the bottom plate Lthe water from the connecting pipe enters the said openings 0, and rises up through the said open top chamber B, and the barrel O, and is discharged from the spout R, as in other hydrants. \Vhen however by reason of frost, or from any other cause-the said valve B becomes inoperative, then in that case the said shaft A is unscrewed from its seat in the lower part a, of the said valve B, and lifted so as to raise its lower extremity into or above the said valve or chamber B, and thus it opens up a passage for the water into and through the said hydrants, from as far below its bottom or main valve (B,) as the said shaft, tube, or rod A, is made to extend; and thus the said hydrants afford a security to life and property in the certainty of obtaining water in case of fires that. is not known as being afforded by any other hydrant.

These hydrants Figs. 1, and 2, when made self acting as herein described, are provided with a coiled spring S, which rests upon the partition Y, and bears against the stop T, on the shaft A, and thus holds the said shaft A, with the lower part a, of the said valve or chamber B, bearing against the bottom plate L, of the said hydrants. The shaft A, of these hydrants, however,may be operated as herein shown, or in any other desirable and known Way. The shaft A, of the said hydrantsas will be obviousmay be made hollow, or sand, left naked, or incased within another shaft. And, it will be obvious, without illustration, that there are other advantages which may be obtained in the use of these hydrants, when provided with a hollow shaft A, as, for example, a faucet, may when desirable be set in the top part of the shaft A, or in the cap 0, so as that water in small quantity could be drawn directly through the said shaft (A) without opening the hydrant in the ordinary way; and, which in some cities, might be a great convenience to the inhabitants, or to travelers, who could thus supply their wants in an easy and convenient way, without opening the main valve (13,) of the said hydrants. And again-it will be obvious that in the use of these hydrants as a fire hydrant, the shaft (A,) may be used for receiving and supplying an additional hose, thus increasing the capacity of the hydrant, in supplying an additional quantity to that sup plied (other things being equal,) by ordinary hydrants.

What I herein claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

1. I claimin the construction and use of hydrantsthe shaft A, (whether hollow, or solid, naked or incased) when used for obtaining 'water, substantially as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. And in connection with the said shaft A I claim the perforated, open top, and banded chamber valve B, constructed and operating substantially as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

a J BRYANT.

Witnesses CHARLES LEEOH,

WV. E. WHITE. 

